Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Famed British author Ian McEwan stood and gave a stirring and strident speech
to the graduating class of 2015 at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania.
In his speech he focused on the importance of free speech and
passionately called on the graduates to remember to always value and
defend this most important of liberties. He is clearly no conservative,
but he saves his greatest contempt for the liberals of our day who have
worked to silence those who do not fit their politically correct mold…
particularly those who have stood against Charlie Hebdo and the prudes on college campuses who seek to silence any dissent.

It’s a brilliant speech and well worth your time – and if you happen to know any of the 41% of Americans willing to end free speech… please share this with them.

A study from Microsoft
involving more than 2,000 people has found that the average attention
span has dipped to a low 8 seconds – down from 12 seconds in 2000. A
goldfish has an attention span of 9 seconds.

There are many effects from smartphones and the like on the human
body which are never written about. Information technology (IT) is much
more powerful in unrecognized ways than is generally acknowledged.
Because these various IT devices are often very close to a person’s body, they can and do have profound effects on the human bioelectric field. The key factor in this ever-intensifying dynamic between human and technology is the length of time of daily interaction.

In other words, picking up a cellphone to make a couple of calls a
day is one thing; being tied to your smartphone 24 hour a day, 7 days a
week is something altogether different. Herein lies one of the key
causes of the shrinking attention span. Additionally, constant exposure
to cell phones near our heads may be dangerous.

One of the more frustrating aspects to the Waco “Twin Peaks” biker
shooting story is the lack of photographic references to aid in a full
understanding of the proximity of all the characters, suspects and
witnesses involved.

However, after reviewing hundreds of media articles showing bits and
pieces of the event we finally have some optical references for a story
as it is told.

But before going to that aspect another controversial point should be expressed.

No-one here is saying the police, in totality, did anything wrong.
Conversely, it would be unfair to think EVERYONE, who were rounded up
as 170 ‘conspiracy suspects’ and who were detained in the aftermath, is
guilty of murder.

Some students benefit: those with full scholarships and/or rich parents
so they don't go deep into debt, those who love learning for its own
sake and land jobs in academia and those who get jobs that require a
college credential.

Last week, former NSA intelligence analyst John Schindler posted a rather disturbing tweet. With a statement that one could only assume to be a reference towards Russia, Schindler wrote “Said a senior NATO (non-US) GOFO to me today: “We’ll probably be at war this summer. If we’re lucky it won’t be nuclear.” Let that sink in.”

So who is John Schindler? As a ten-year veteran of the NSA, he was in the news a bit more when Snowden was making frequent headlines. He used to be a professor at the U.S. Naval War College, and is currently a frequent contributor to Business Insider. According to his biography on Business Insider, he used to teach classes on security, strategy, intelligence, and terrorism, and he has “collaborated closely with other government agencies who would probably prefer he didn’t mention them.” It’s safe to say that Schindler probably brushes shoulders with high-ranking officials from time to time, so his tweet should be taken seriously.

Conservative activist Alveda King, a Birmingham native and niece of
civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr., sent Alabama lawmakers a letter
last week asking them to come up with “more creative solutions than
what is offered in the one size fits all Common Core curriculum.”The letter, distributed through conservative group Eagle Forum,
asserts that Common Core will “do more harm than good; hurting most
those least able to pull themselves up out of the current educational
environment of muck and more.”

“All children need to and deserve to access their full God-given
potential,” King wrote.

“By design, Common Core treats every child as a
statistic to be measured by standardized tests.”

Two Baltimore residents stated that they believed the police in the
city are not doing their jobs in interviews broadcast on Tuesday’s “The
Lead” on CNN.

Resident Malacka Reed El said, “I don’t think the police are doing
their jobs, but I do not think that it’s all of the police. We do have
some police officers that are doing their jobs.”

Rev. Jamal Bryant, (who National Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux said
is “a close friend” of the Gray family) the Pastor of Empowerment Temple
Church, added, “It’s almost akin to having a substitute teach in the
middle of the semester who turns a blind eye, doesn’t know the students,
and is not, in fact, giving a grade. And so it’s a very dangerous time
in our city when crime is going up, but arrests are going down.”

Months after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pledged to improve its treatment of veterans, disabled student veteran Jeremy Rawls is hoping his college might do the same.

Since February, the rising senior at Mississippi College in Clinton,
Miss. has struggled to maintain good grades and reclaim his work-study
position after MC administrators allegedly suspended him and labeled him
a threat to himself and other students.

“If they’ll do this to me, and I’m one of the most outspoken veterans on campus, they’ll definitely do this to others.”

In an exclusive interview with Campus Reform, the former
active-duty Marine who served two combat tours in Iraq said his
suspension came after he requested to meet with a different counselor in
the school’s Office of Counseling and Disability Services. Rawls, who
is diagnosed with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
was originally paired with a female counselor who wore traditional
Muslim dress during his initial visit to the office.

When you
imagine France and its scenic countryside, you might think of the
picturesque villages, vineyards a plenty and endless rolling green hills
to drive through on a blissful summer road trip. But there’s one corner
of this scenic country that no one has been allowed to enter for nearly
a century, known as the “Zone Rouge” (the red zone).

Pictured above is an artist’s impression
of the forsaken territory, originally covering more than 1,200 square
kilometres (460 sq miles) in the years following the Great War. Today,
around 100km2 (roughly the size of Paris), is still strictly prohibited
by law from public entry and agricultural use because of an impossible
amount of human remains and unexploded chemical munitions yet to
be recovered from the battlefields of both world wars.

Stephan Bauman is CEO of World Relief and one of 5 employees making a
six-figure salary largely on your dime while advocating for 65,000
Syrians be resettled in your towns and cities!

What do I mean by that?

I mean that because federal resettlement contractor, World Relief (National Association of Evangelicals), decided to target that town, of all places, we have made an enormous leap in our understanding of how the secretive UN/US State Department Refugee Admissions and Resettlement program operates.

Additionally we are gaining a model for citizen involvement and a blueprint for what needs to happen going forward.

Spartanburg also ties in to the much larger issue in Washington right now—-should we do what the UN wants and admit 65,000 Syrians to the US in the next year or so? World Relief is on record with a resounding—YES!

And, to top it all off, since Spartanburg happens to fall in the
district of the chairman of the subcommittee responsible for the US
Refugee Program, we hold out hope that oversight hearings will be scheduled soon
to begin to review a program that has literally become a multi-billion
dollar a year industry that is way too large and way too secretive.

Remembrance

Winners: Navy Cross Nguyen Van Kiet & MOH Thomas R. Norris This week’s Medal of Honor hero is one of a handful of Navy SEALs awarded the MOH in the Vietnam War. Norris snuck behind enemy lines with a South Vietnamese Navy petty officer rescued two downed pilots in 1972–when most of our resources had been pulled from the country. Interesting to note that later year, Norris was himself rescued by another SEAL Michael E. Thornton.More @ Medal of Honor Roll Call

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.

Thank you

I would just like you to know how so very glad I am that I found your blog. I have learned more history from you and the many links that you post than I have from reading all my history books. I can never thank you enough for the education you are freely giving me. It is priceless. And eye opening.

Many times I will not comment, but that does not mean I am not reading and learning.

You sir, are an educator. Thank you.

PhyllisWantage, NJ

Good morning Mr. Townsend,

Just to let you know I have finally finished that massive tome on General Lee. I never knew 1/10th of what a great man he was. No wonder the South is so proud of him! So sad that we have few men of his caliber today. We need them desperately. I have learned more history through you and your blog than I thought I could ever learn. I am very grateful to you. Thank you so much for taking time to answer my e-mail. And thank you for your blog and for opening my eyes.

PhyllisWantage, NJ

".......So good to hear from you! And also so pleased you are converting more of us Yankees! You have no idea how many people you have taught. And how many are so grateful to you for showing us the truth."

Your faithful friend,

Phylis

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I have also learned from Brock Townsend and two nurses lately, that appreciation expressed by someone for whom you have great respect overwhelms the lack of appreciation by some from whom you expect it. I believe that we cannot really know which small bit of help makes the life-saving difference. ﻿I may have learned more real American history on Brock's blog than in 20 years of government schooling.

I have learned more history from you than all the years I was supposed to be in school (and not out hunting or fishing).

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I really must say, I like thousands of others have said, your blog is the best out there and with all of your history and experience, you should run for *president. I look forward to reading your blog every day and every day I learn from you. Thank you for the time you put into this effort .

Sincerely,

Scott Fitts

*It would have to be an improvement. :) BT

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Hi Brock,

Ever since I picked up on your blog I "Knew" you were a "Gentleman of the South!" You lack the "Crassness" that is so prevalent in today's Sociopolitical arena but speak with the Firmness in Truth and Conviction of Right like the words of our Late Great President Jefferson Davis! That is Honorable.

I have been thinking about this for a while now. At first it was a very subtle notice, then it became larger as I saw more. Then it bloomed to me to be what it is. In your writings, in your Blog, Brock, "You" have written, posted and done more to eradicate the "Revisionist History" forced on us by the "Northern Aggressors,"BAR NONE!!!" The "Stars and Bars" fly High and Proud today even more thanks to your efforts!

Reading your post on 03 JUNE about the birthday of President Jefferson Davis and the "quotes" of his was the galvanizing statement! The first words of "His" you posted say so much, are timeless and can never be "Destroyed!" by any man! .......and those words were........

"Truth crushed to the earth is still truth still and like a seed will rise again."--Jefferson Davis (1808-1889)

In so many ways you and your efforts to keep and carry on the "Truth of the South" are the water and light of the Sun that nourish "That Seed" that Jefferson Davis speaks of! That "Seed" of "Southern Truth!" That cannot be vanquished because of efforts like Men as yourself!

Thanks for your selfless effort,

The "Stars and Bars" FLY!

Got gunz....OUTLAW?

III%,

skybill-out

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Dear Mr. Townsend,

I wanted to write to thank you for the pleasure and education I have received from reading your blog "Free North Carolina". I can honestly say that FNC is one of the first sites I visit daily.

I am a northerner by birth yet I consider the vilification of all things "South" a true and tragic disgrace. Your work has enabled me to become more familiar with a culture that I admire, yet have never really been familiar with.

Keep up the outstanding work!

A friend north of the Mason-Dixon Line,

Bob

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My good sir,

I have been reading your blog for years, filling-in the woeful gaps in my knowledge thanks to your efforts, and have been truly impressed with not merely the depth and breadth of the topics you broach, but the frank and honest way you deal with them.

I salute you.

You cannot imagine my immense delight at just reading the "Witting, intentionally, and willfully..." posted on your site, that you linked to Theo Spark's blog.

I'm the guy that wrote it and sent it to Theo a few days ago.

On both our behalves, thank you for posting it on your fine blog.

With warmest personal regards,

Rico

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